Editor’s note: On the Job is a report by Stevens Point Journal Media business reporter Nathan Vine.

STEVENS POINT – One of the host farms for the 2014 Wisconsin Farm Technology Days has been honored as the 2014 NorthStar Cooperative DHI Services Progressive Dairy Producer of the Year.

Feltz Family Farms of Plover was honored for having the dairy cow herd with the greatest dollar value increase over the past five years at $801. Owned by Ken and Jackie Feltz along with their sons, Jared and Jake, the farm’s herd of 577 cattle had a rolling herd average of 34,713 pounds of milk, 1,260 pounds of fat, and 1,024 pounds of protein for testing year of Oct. 1, 2013, to Sept. 30, 2014.

With a dollar value of $7,007, Feltz Family Farm also earned the top spot on the Wisconsin Top 100 Dollar Value Herds Report. Dollar values for the report were calculated based on standardized prices for milk, fat and protein yields.

Ken Feltz is the fourth generation of his family to run the farm, which he and his wife purchased from his father George Feltz in 1995.

STEVENS POINT – Central Wisconsin-based Sterling Water – Chain of Lakes LLC, a subsidiary of Sterling Water Inc., has announced it has acquired Culligan of Waupaca as of Dec. 29.

The Culligan of Waupaca dealership will continue service in Waupaca, Waushara, Portage and the western half of Outagamie County. Darrell Sather, general manager of Sterling Water, said the company would retain the staff in Waupaca and would likely be hiring additional staff in the future.

“We are very much looking forward to being a part of the Waupaca area and getting to know our neighbors and customers,” said Sather in a new release.

Sterling Water is a third-generation business that first opened in Ellsworth in September 1949. The franchise now has four dealerships across Wisconsin and central Minnesota.

Sterling Water has won multiple awards, including Excellence in Manufacturing from the International Bottled Water Association in addition to Top 25 and Emmett J. Culligan awards from Culligan International.

“Our approach to business is to not only exceed our customers’ expectations in products and service, but to treat our customers as we would our own family, with kindness and respect,” Sather said

Nathan Vine can be reached at 715-345-2252. Find him on Twitter as @SPJNathanVine.